What is the ruling on building a mosque and then building an apartment for residence above it?
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Question:
The questioner: I bought a piece of land in our country. The question is: Is it permissible for me to build a mosque on it and then utilize the second floor to build an apartment for residence, knowing that this is the case in most of the mosques in the country?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to build residences above a mosque, because restrooms are installed there, and things occur there that are not befitting a mosque. However, the reverse—that you make the lower floor residences and place the mosque above it—is permissible; there is nothing wrong with that. Or if a person has a building with multiple floors, and he decides to empty the lower floor for a mosque, that does not contradict this. As for building a mosque from scratch and building above it, that causes problems, and it is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner: I bought a piece of land in our country. The question is: Is it permissible for me to build a mosque on it and then utilize the second floor to build an apartment for residence, knowing that this is the case in most of the mosques in the country?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to build residences above a mosque, because restrooms are installed there, and things occur there that are not befitting a mosque. However, the reverse—that you make the lower floor residences and place the mosque above it—is permissible; there is nothing wrong with that. Or if a person has a building with multiple floors, and he decides to empty the lower floor for a mosque, that does not contradict this. As for building a mosque from scratch and building above it, that causes problems, and it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم بناء مسجد ثم بناء شقة للسكن فوقه؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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